How often should I fertilize the sunflower and what fertilizer should I use to make it grow faster?

How often should sunflowers be fertilized?

The sunflower plant does not have high requirements for fertilizer. When applying top dressing, you need to pay attention to the interval between fertilization. Generally, it is sufficient to apply it once every 1-2 weeks. Do not use it too frequently. When the flowering period is approaching, you can also apply potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to the plant once every half a month, which can promote flowering of the plant.

What fertilizer to use for sunflowers

Sunflowers have relatively high requirements for fertilizers, and the types of fertilizers applied at different times are also different. The base fertilizer is mainly organic fertilizer, such as some animal manure. When applying fertilizer during the growth period, nitrogen fertilizer and potassium fertilizer should be mainly used, such as urea, wood ash, etc. Foliar fertilizers can be applied with zinc, copper and other solution fertilizers.

Sunflower fertilization method

1. When applying base fertilizer to sunflowers, directly mix the fertilizer and soil evenly. If urea is used, you need to water the flowers after watering. If wood ash is used, you can dig some small holes on the surface of the soil and then apply the fertilizer into the small holes.

2. When the temperature is too high or too low, the sunflower enters a dormant period and has almost no requirements for fertilizer. You can stop fertilizing at this time.